Hi i was just wondering if someone could help me with downloading expansions for the sims 3? ive downloaded the base game ive read the installation guide and watched your video but im still confused because i tried downloading island paradise but it wouldnt update my game so i dont know what to do. please answer as soon as you can id really like to play this game.

Okay thank you so much!just making sure because when i downloaded the actual disk versions i downloaded island paradise first to get the update out of the way.Anyway ill let you know if everything works

That's great! If you have enough disk space and bandwidth, I would suggest you download the Sims 3 Ultimate Collection, because the files are neat and perfect, besides the torrent is from G4TW and has almost everything you need.

And yes, thanks for letting us know how things are going, so we can help you better, I wish you like my video.

o.o i wouldnt be able to have the full collection i dont even have the right amount of gigabytes to be download all the ones i have im using razer game booster or else i woulsnt even be able to play the game i have 7 eps on a windows 8 laptop and i have 278gb but im supposed to have way more to meet the games requirements

Hum... 278 GB of free space is more than enough to have all expansions etc. But, of course, you're the boss

I like to recommend that torrent because it's really awesome, spotless, wonderful! I had some others before and a few expansions (showtime, late night and supernatural) had CRC issues (probably a defective file in the install) and the game would crash once in a while. With the Ultimate Collection everything works impressively smoothly, it's just that awesome!

Of course, you can erase the RAR file (and the extracted installers) after you finish installing. Maybe even download them to a flash drive or somewhere else?

really? when i see the readme files they usually say you need like...900GB of free space or something like thatEverythings fine so far just about to extract the island paradise fileAlso in your video your run the setup as an administrator do i have to do that to or does it not matter?

@Shayla120 wrote:really? when i see the readme files they usually say you need like...900GB of free space or something like thatEverythings fine so far just about to extract the island paradise fileAlso in your video your run the setup as an administrator do i have to do that to or does it not matter?

Good, it's not 900GB, don't worry, that would be way too much. I have everything installed and it takes 36 GB of Disk space, plus the stuff inside of The Sims 3 in the Documents folder (another 17 GB only because I have ALL store and neighborhoods installed and a bunch of saves that I accumulated along the years, plus screenshots etc).

Yes, you should "run as administrator" preferably, to avoid issues. If your user has administrative powers (you probably have if you can install it in any way, or the system would refuse), you should be ok, but I like to "run as administrator" when I am installing things, just to assure a smooth process.

Just follow the steps carefully, do every single thing without jumping any step, and you should be fine (99.9% of cases, otherwise you can always share your problem in the Forum ).

Please, let us know if you got your game running properly, so we can give you further assistance or close the topic as solved.

The game runs perfectly! its 100percent amazing so anothr question since ive downloaded what ive wanted and made sure the game works would i stil be able to download more expansions or stuff packs like if it was the store bought game or will that mess things up? cause i would like some stuff packs and almost all expansionsalso will custom content work with my game?